On 10/15/2018 04:11 PM, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm trying to set up a virtual environment. I've used Windows Powershell on > my desktop with Windows 10. I was able only to get to 2.5 minutes of a 9.75 > minute video before getting frozen, not just stuck. I was unable to > activate the batch file even though everything appeared to be where it > should be. I then found out about Linux Bash Shell for Windows and used > that, I next successfully installed virtualenv, but when I went to run it > it said command virtualenv not found but can be installed with sudo apt > install virtualenv, which I did, then tried to run 'virtualenv pdxCrime' > (without the apostrophes) and it errors out with > > command virtualenv not found, did you mean: > > command 'virtualenv' from deb virtualenv > > Try: sudo apt install <deb name> > > My bash shell is Ubuntu not debian. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and a number of others share the characteristic that they use the "Debian Package Manager" dpkg, and the packages themselves are colloquially called "debs". So no, it doesn't make a difference. > > I don't understand what <deb name> is. I don't understand why virtualenv > isn't found when it was successfully installed and every piece of > documentation I've found tells me to use that word or command. > > The only reason I ask this forum is because the instructor of the video > hasn't responded to my email yet and this seems to be related to python > somehow although I'm a little foggy about that. If this is not the forum > please tell me where to go (be nice). > > Thank you. > Try this page in the standard docs - you don't necessarily even have to use the command named 'virtualenv': https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
